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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  10. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  11. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  12. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  13. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  16. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  17. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
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